Whizzing Contest Quotes & Sayings

The man, his feet tip-tapping softly on the stairs, hated it. He avoided the Index like a gambling addict avoids the tic-tac-tac of the dice table; but, like an addict, he was always, always aware of it: of the pull of the Books, and the darkness, and the silence. — F.D. Lee

The superstitious, who know how to reprove vices rather than how to teach virtues, and who strive, not to lead people by reason, but to restrain them by fear in such a way that they flee what is bad rather than love the virtues, simply intend all other people to be as miserable as they are, and so it is not surprising that they are for the most part irksome and hateful to human beings. — Baruch Spinoza

What is desirable in a man is his kindness. — Anonymous

We are all ruled in what we do by impulses; and these impulses are so organized that our actions in general serve for our self preservation and that of the race. — Edna St. Vincent Millay

Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice remains an important arrow in the rhetorical quiver. After all, it exists for a reason. — Constance Hale

We keep looking for justice, but it's nothing but stormy nights and dark alleys out there. — Paul Levine

Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil. — Robert A. Heinlein

There is no better guide to this world than oblivion. — Sorin Cerin

Between any two beings there is a unique, uncrossable distance, an unenterable sanctuary. Sometimes it takes the shape of aloneness. Sometimes it takes the shape of love. — Jonathan Safran Foer

...the rich earth resembled crumbled flavors of chocolate. — Cate Rowan

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. — Will Rogers

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence. — Charles Caleb Colton